.. _tax-rules:

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Staff / Billing / Tax rules
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In this section you can define tax rules. Tax rules will be used to apply taxes when generating invoices for taxable
services.

For a detailed explanation on how VAT is applied for European Union clients, see :ref:`vat-validation-flow`.

When you access this section you will see a table containing all tax rules defined

.. image:: /_static/images/staff/billing-tax-rules-list.png

The columns have the following meaning:

* **Name** - The name of the tax
* **Country** - The country where this tax applies; the tax is only applied to clients from this country
* **State** - The state where this tax applies; the tax is only applied to clients from this state
* **Rate** - The tax rate in percents
* **Start date** - The first date when tax applies; tax will be applied to invoices starting with this date
* **End date** - The last date when tax applies; tax will be applied to invoices up until this date

For each tax rule delete and edit actions are available.

Create tax rule
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Clicking the create button will allow you to create a new tax rule.

.. image:: /_static/images/staff/billing-tax-rules-create.png

After clicking a create dialog will be displayed.

.. image:: /_static/images/staff/billing-tax-rules-create-dialog.png

* Level - The level field allows you to select tax level. When applying taxes first all Level 1 taxes will be applied
  then all Level 2 taxes will be applied to the amount resulted after applying Level 1 taxes.

Complete all needed fields then click **Create** in order to create a new tax rule.


Delete tax rule
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Click delete button near the tax rule to delete the rule. A confirmation dialog will be displayed.

.. image:: /_static/images/staff/billing-tax-rules-delete.png

Click **Yes** to delete the rule.

Edit tax rule
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Clicking the edit button will allow you to edit a tax rule.

.. image:: /_static/images/staff/billing-tax-rules-edit-dialog.png

Complete all fields you want to change then click **Save** in order to save changes to the tax rule.